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bed·straw

 (bĕd′strô′)
n.
Any of several weedy or ornamental plants of the genus Galium, having whorled leaves, clusters of small white or yellow flowers, and prickly stems.
[Short for Our Lady's Bedstraw, name for a plant of the genus Galium, whose foliage was used to stuff mattresses in medieval times.]
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bedstraw

(ˈbɛdˌstrɔː)
n
(Plants) any of numerous rubiaceous plants of the genus Galium, which have small white or yellow flowers and prickly or hairy fruits: some species formerly used as straw for beds as they are aromatic when dry. See also lady's bedstraw
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bed•straw

(ˈbɛdˌstrɔ)

n.
any of various plants belonging to the genus Galium, of the madder family, esp. G. verum, used as straw for stuffing mattresses.
[1350–1400]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.bedstraw - any of several plants of the genus Galiumbedstraw - any of several plants of the genus Galium
herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
Galium, genus Galium - annual or perennial herbs: bedstraw; cleavers
Asperula odorata, fragrant bedstraw, Galium odoratum, sweet woodruff, waldmeister, woodruff - Old World fragrant stoloniferous perennial having small white flowers and narrow leaves used as flavoring and in sachets; widely cultivated as a ground cover; in some classifications placed in genus Asperula
Galium boreale, Northern bedstraw, Northern snow bedstraw - North American stoloniferous perennial having white flowers; sometimes used as an ornamental
Galium verum, Our Lady's bedstraw, yellow bedstraw, yellow cleavers - common yellow-flowered perennial bedstraw; North America and Europe and Asia
Galium lanceolatum, wild licorice - bedstraw with sweetish roots
catchweed, cleavers, clivers, Galium aparine, goose grass, spring cleavers - annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North America and Europe and Asia
false baby's breath, Galium mollugo, infant's-breath, white bedstraw, white madder, wild madder - Eurasian herb with ample panicles of small white flowers; naturalized in North America
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Translations

bedstraw

[ˈbedstrɔː] N (Bot) → cuajaleche m, amor m de hortelano
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bedstraw

[ˈbɛdˌstrɔː] n lady's bedstraw (Bot) → erba zolfina
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Mi fedrwch hefyd ddefnyddio concars ffres, ewcalyptws, dail llawryf (sweet bay leaves), briwydd felen (Lady's bedstraw) ac erwain yn y droriau a'r cwpwrdd dillad.
Gaeafau cynnes yn berffaith i'r pryfaid dillad

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